Sheet-supporting device.



P. K. PERNALD. SHEET SUPPORTING DEVICE. ArPLIoA'rmiI FILED JUNE 24,1909.

Patented Oct. 12,1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK KNOWLTON FERNALD, OF ELKHART, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE DR.MILES MEDICAL COMPANY, OF ELKHART, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

SHEET-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK KNowL'roN FERNALD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Supporting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful means for supporting aplurality of sheets of paper which have been doubled upon themselves.These sheets are particularly adapted to have a calendar printedthereon, the calendar for a single month being printed upon each side ofa single page, so that three doubled pages, or six half pages of paper,are sufficient for the complete calendar, as the pages can be turnedsuccessively from front to rear and the successive months caused toappear in rotation for the first half of the calendar and then by merelyturning the same around, the calendar for the second half of the yearcan be exhibited in the same way.

With these and other objects in View my invention consists in certainconstructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, the preferredform of which will be first described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and then the invention particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

Referring to the drawings wherein the same part is designated by thesame reference numeral wherever it occurs, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of my invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2, 2 of Fig. 1;Fig. 3 is a section taken on a similar line when two of the leaves ofthe calendar have been turned; Fig. 4 is a section showing how theleaves are supported when the supporting device is improperly placed inposition between the leaves, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of thesupport.

6 designates a plurality of leaves each of which is folded on the line7, the leaves being secured together on these folded lines by means ofthe staples 8, wire-stitches, or the like.

9 designates a long narrow slot cut on the fold line through all thesheets and locatedbetween the staples 8, said slots however notextending to the staples.

As best shown in Fig. 5, the support consists of a body portion 10,preferably pro vided with an opening in its upper portion, in order thatthe same may be conveniently suspended from a wall or the like, and atthe lower portion with the laterally extending shoulders 11. Theseshoulders are formed of such a length that they are longer than thedistance between the staples 8. The width of the body portion of thesupport preferably, and as shown, is substantially equal to the lengthof the slot 9.

In operation when the device is used as a calendar the three doublesheets which would then be required, after having been suitably printed,are stitched together and the slot 9 cut therein. They are now foldedover on the central line 7 and the body por tion 10 of the supportpassed through the,

slot so as to cause the shoulders 11 to support the calendar. When thebody portion of the support extends through a double sheet the fold linewill rest upon the shoulders. Should, however, the support be passedthrough between doubled sheets as shown in Fig. 4 then the sheets willbe supported by the staples 8 resting upon the shoulders, and if theseparts were not stapled together and the shoulders made of the properlength the sheets would not be suspended when the support was in thisposition.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and I therefore do not intend to limit myself to thespecific form shown and described.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In a device of the class described the combination with a plurality of sheets centrally folded and inserted onewithin the other, said sheets being stapled on their central fold lineand provided between the staples with an opening also located on thecentral fold line, of a support comprising a body portion adapted toextend through the openings in the sheets, and shoulders at the loweredge of the body portion extending out therefrom and upon which thesheets are supported, said shoulders being of such a length as to extendunder the staples securing the sheets together for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses C. S. BAniIAUs, V. J. VURPILLAT.

